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Sure, there's military checkpoints, there's bureaucracy... but in a few years this could be a viable tourist spot.Abdul-Zahra al-Telagani, spokesman for the Iraqi Tourism and Antiquities Ministry, welcomes the first western tourists since mid-2003. Reuters